Beothuk of Pontleigh

Beothuk of Pontleigh was an Anglo-Saxon warrior who served under Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Stamford Bridge and the Battle of Hastings in 1066. He saw Godwinson as a brave and generous king, and he saw the Battle of Stamford Bridge as the Saxons' moment to finally defeat the Vikings; he remembered that the fighting was so close that the English could smell the Vikings' rancid breath and what they had for breakfast. He later went on to fight at and survive the disastrous Battle of Hastings.